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End the war and blockade in Yemen imposed by the Saudi-led coalition which the U.S. is refueling. Urge your Representative to co-sponsor the Khanna-Massie resolution. Urge your Rep. to take action!
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Celebrities, Whistleblowers Lead Petition to Ecuador for Snowden's Political Asylum Petition Has Over 23,000 Signers Oliver Stone, Danny Glover, John Cusack, Amber Heard, Shia LaBeouf, Roseanne Barr, and musician Boots Riley have joined Vietnam War whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg and Iraq War whistle-blower Joe Wilson, author Noam Chomsky and many other prominent whistle-blowers, activists, former intelligence and military officers, academics and others in calling on Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa to grant whistle-blower Edward Snowden political asylum.Press Release:http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1424Letter:http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1421Petition:http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/snowden

*Action: Tell Ambassador Feierstein: End Drone Strikes, Send Yeminis HomeNext week, Robert Naiman is heading to Yemen on a delegation of US peace advocates, where he'll be meeting Gerald Feierstein, the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen. He'll urge Ambassador Feierstein to use his influence to end US drone strikes in Yemen - especially "signature strikes" in which the US doesn't even know who it is targeting - and to ensure that Yemeni prisoners at Guantanamo who the US government has cleared for release are sent home without delay. Add your voice! Sign our petition and Naiman will hand-deliver it - with your signature - to Ambassador Feierstein:http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/yemen Help support my trip to Yemen! Our delegation will help draw the media spotlight to the US's ongoing drone war in Yemen and put further pressure on the Administration to reform US drone strike policy.http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/donate/yemen Beverly Bell: Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide

*Action: Send Robert Naiman to Yemen Just Foreign Policy's Robert Naiman is planning to join a Code Pink peace delegation to Yemen June 11-18, helping to raise the profile of Yemeni demands to repatriate Yemenis from Guantanamo and end US drone strikes. You can support this peace mission here:http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/donate *Action: Cessez le Feu! Don't Let France Kill the Syria Peace TalksFrance said it will oppose the Syria peace conference if Iran is invited. But for peace talks to have a chance to end the war, all the parties involved in the conflict have to be there. Excluding Iran would likely condemn the peace talks to failure. Tell Washington: for peace talks to work, everyone has to be there. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/diplomacy-faux-pas Summary:U.S./Top News

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*Action: Cessez le Feu! Don't Let France Kill the Syria Peace Talks France said it will oppose the Syria peace conference if Iran is invited. But for peace talks to have a chance to end the war, all the parties involved in the conflict have to be there. Excluding Iran would likely condemn the peace talks to failure. Tell Washington: for peace talks to work, everyone has to be there. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/diplomacy-faux-pas May 30: Urge Compassionate Release for Detainee Attorney Lynne StewartCall the numbers listed below on Thursday, May 30 and request immediate action to grant Lynne Stewart Compassionate Release, as recommended by the warden at Carswell Federal Prison where Lynne is being held. Lynne has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.Attorney General Eric Holder - 1 202 514-2001 Bureau of Prisons – Director Charles Samuels – 1 202 307-3198 ext 3 More info:

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* Action:Urge NYT Public Editor to Probe Times Coverage of Syria Chemical Arms ClaimJoin Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting in urging the New York Times' Public Editor toinvestigatewhether the paper showed appropriate skepticism in reporting on government officials' claims the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, a purported justification for war.http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/syria-nyt *Action: VoteVets.org: Stop the Senate from arming Syrian rebels "Earlier this week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 in favor of arming and training the Syrian rebels. This is a misguided and dangerous idea. Three Senators voted against the bill in committee, but we need you to send a strong message to the other 97 that you oppose intervention in Syria's civil war."http://action.votevets.org/page/s/syria

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* Action:Urge NYT Public Editor to Probe Times Coverage of Syria Chemical Arms ClaimJoin Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting in urging the New York Times' Public Editor toinvestigatewhether the paper showed appropriate skepticism in reporting on government officials' claims the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, a purported justification for war.http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/syria-nyt Palestine in Israeli School Books: A ReviewAt "Education Review," Just Foreign Policy reviews "Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education," by Israeli scholar and human rights activist Nurit Peled-Elhanan. http://www.edrev.info/reviews/rev1236.pdf

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Drone strike policy hearing, Tuesday, April 23 April 23, 4pm ET. (Note time change, was originally 10AM ET.) Here is the official hearing notice and witness list, with link to the webcast:http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=b01a319ecae60e7cbb832de271030205 Yemeni youth activist Farea al-Muslimi, who recently wrote an op-ed in Al-Monitor about a drone strike in his home village (#10 below), will be one of the witnesses. If you're in the DC area and able to attend - a full house would help demonstrate public interest - the hearing is in Hart 216. If you live in Illinois, Minnesota, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, Texas, South Carolina, Texas, or Utah, you have a Senator on the subcommittee. Here is the alert we sent to folks with Senators on the subcommittee:Congressional Drone Hearing: Four Questions and a Subpoena

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On Friday, Help MoveOn Kill Chained CPI and Cut the Pentagon Instead On Friday,MoveOnis calling for actions at Congressional offices to stop the President's proposal to cut Social Security and veterans' benefits by using the "chained CPI" to cut the cost-of-living adjustment.This is a historic opportunity topush back on the 1%'s idea that Social Security and veterans' benefits should be cut to protect the Pentagon budget from cuts. Sign our petition, share our blog, help organize a petition delivery action at a Congressional office near you; write to Congress if you haven't already. Our petition: Cut Social Security & Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead!http://signon.org/sign/cut-social-security-veterans?source=c.url&r_by=1135580

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Cut Social Security & Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon InsteadAccording to the CBO, Obama's proposal to cut Social Security and veterans' benefits using the chained CPI will save the government $163 billion over ten years. Three better ways to save $163 billion: end the war in Afghanistan; cut the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by 10% (267 planes); cut Pentagon contracting and bring the work in-house.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/cut-social-security-veter_b_3040226.html